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A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 29: The bumboat did a thriving business.at bum-boat, n.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 29: The bumboat did a thriving business. Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 28: These floating peddlers sold articles which, to use a slang phrase, were pretty ‘bum’.at bum, adj.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 88: There were times after mess when we could ‘caulk off’.at caulk (off), v.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 71: Cricky! what a sell.at crikey!, excl.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 167: The Spanish code had been secured. This means that the Dons will be compelled to adopt an entirely new code.at don, n.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 188: The men wore flaming neckties, gay shirts.at flaming, adj.1
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 68: ‘Gee whiz!’ said the ‘Kid’.at gee whiz!, excl.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 9: We became full-fledged ‘Jackies’.at jack, n.5
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 110: I gave the shirt to the Jap.at Jap, n.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 40: ‘He spread his legs luxuriously under the mahogany,’ would hardly apply to Jack’s mode of dining. His table is a swinging affair.at mahogany, n.
Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 266: The disgruntled members of the ‘Yankee’s’ crew were composed mainly of the ‘outside’ men—men not of the Naval Reserves.at outside, n.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 9: Uncle Sam is a queer bird.at queer bird (n.) under queer, adj.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 42: Jack gets ‘salt-horse,’ rice, and hard-tack.at salt horse (n.) under salt, n.3
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 174: The crazy captain put the doctor and the crew in the cages and began to feed them hardtack and berth-deck scouse.at scouse, n.
Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 116: Get those things below at once. Shake it up.at shake it up (v.) under shake, v.
Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 924: Shake a leg there!at shake a leg (v.) under shake, v.
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 59: The man [...] was looked upon as a ‘sloper,’ or one who ran away from work.at sloper, n.2
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 24: It was the custom to ‘swat’ the last man with a club.at swat, v.1
A Gunner Aboard the ‘Yankee’ 166: In the daytime, when ships are within easy distance, wigwagging is commonly used [...] A code similar to the Morse telegraph alphabet is used.at wig-wag, v.
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